Gettysburg Address ... easy question? maybe

[RJNorton]

Do you think that Lincoln's idea of God was based more on the God of the Old Testament?

Ed Steers writes, "He (Lincoln) was a Deist who relied heavily on the teachings of the Old Testament. Just as Lincoln considered the Declaration of Independence to be the defining document of the nation, he believed the Old Testament to be the defining word of God...References to Jesus Christ are uncommon among Lincoln's writings and speeches. It is the God of Abraham that Lincoln most often cites."